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C. K. HALL. 4 Receptacle for Shot, &o.- No. 240,020. w

Patented April-12,1881;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES K. HALL, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO E.J. HART, JR., OF SAME PLACE.

RECEPTACLE FOR SHOT, 86C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,020, dated April12, 1881.

Application led September 18, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES K. HALL, a resident of the city of NewOrleans, parish of Orleans, and State of Louisiana, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Receptacles for Shot, Ste.; and Ido hereby de'- clare the following to be a full, clear, and correctdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification.

This invention relates to the construction of one or more receptaclesfor holding shot or any other dry substance which will roll readily, andin providing each witha delivery-tube, the said tube so connected as tobe thrown up in a vertical position when not in use, and the receptaclescapable of being joined together, so as to form a series of the samewith tubes Its obzo ject is to` save both time and labor in thewithdrawal, Weighing, and putting up packages of shot. i

O11 the drawings, Figure lrepresents a front View of a singlereceptacle, and Fig. 2 a side view thereof. Fig. 3 represents internaland sectional views of a drum to which the delivery-tube is pivoted, andthrough which the shot passes from the receptacle'to the same. Fig. etis a top view or plan of a number of receptacles connected, as will behereinafter more fully explained;

A A are the sides of the receptacle, and B B the front and rear thereof.Their corners are secured together by means of an gle-pieces c c', whichare connected by screws or rivets,

as desired.

To unite two or more receptacles, at strips of metal, d, are placed overthe vertical joints and secured to the front and rear plates by means ofscrews or rivets, as shown in Fig. 4. The interior of each receptacle isfurnished with an incline bottom, E, having a central valley ofincreased width and depth at its low-` est point, as shown in dottedlines at Figs. 1 and 2. The front of each receptacle is provided with anopening communication with said valley, and over this opening issecured, through a rectangular tube, F, adrum, G, the

latter formed in two sections, as at h t', one,l

h, having an annular recess to receive the outer edge of the projectingband la of the other Y section. ner ange, lm, with space sufficientbetween the band k to permit of the operatin g back and forth of acurved plate, u, having a circular opening, over which the inner end ofthedelivery-tube .fr is permanently secured.

An opening corresponding in size withfthat means of hinges a plate, R,which, by reason of its lower edge resting on the projections s s' ofthe drum, serves i to hold the same in' a vertical position when not inuse. The front ot' this plate may, if so desired, bear the number of theshot in the receptacle.

The upper side of the tube F has its lowest portion open, as at t, toallow the shot remaining in the tube to run back into the same as thetube is being brought into a vertical position.

The lower portion of the sides constitute the legs or supports of thereceptacles. This portion maybe made with openings in the saine orornamented, as desired.

The receptacles being faced to one common center admits of aweighing-scale being placed within the said center, so that by swingingdown the tube of any receptacle the shot from the same will run directlyinto the said scale. When sufficient quantity has been weighed theattendantplaces his iinger over the mouth of the tube, thereby stoppingthe discharge through the same. The bringing ot' the tube into avertical position causes the shot therein to run back into the drum,from which it passes out through the opening when next the delivery-tubeis lowered.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

l. A shot-receptacle provided with an inclined bottom, E, the lowestportion ot which communicates with the internal tube, F, of a Eachsection is provided with an in- IOO drum, G, the latter provided withsuitable communicates through suitable openings in a v1o` openings andannular recess to admit of the drum, G, and its internal tube, F, withthe said operating of a de1ivery-tube,as described, and receptacle, forthe purpose specified.

for the purpose set forth. In testimony whereof I havehereunto signed 2.The combination herein shown and demy name. c

scribed of e series of shotreceptacles united GHAS. K. HALL.

by vertical plates d, and having their outer In presence of-' cornerssecured by angle-pieces c, each recep- A. B. ACKER,

tacie furnished with a deliverytube, which J. W. HARDY.

